As we wrap up our week-long look at some of the greatest pioneering keyboard players who helped to transform the rock genre, I wanted to end with a band that had a profound impact on my life. One of the first major arena concerts I ever attended was Genesis during their 1983-84 Mama Tour. I had been to other concerts...but nothing that measured up to the audio and visual spectacle of that show. I only knew a few of the radio “hits” at that time....but being a drummer, I was super-excited to see Phil Collins play and sing that night. What I ended up getting was so much more. Long story short...sometime that next week I went to my local record store and purchased every Genesis album I could find. I credit that night with elevating my already strong love and passion for live music. I knew that somehow...someway...I HAD to someday work in the music industry. The rest...as they say...is history. Check out the amazing setlist from that show...and enjoy a live performance of “Abacab” from that tour featuring the great Tony Banks on keyboards.

Setlist

Dodo/Lurker

Abacab

That’s All

Mama

Old Medley

Eleventh Earl of Mar

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Firth of Fifth

The Musical Box

Illegal Alien

Home by the Sea

Second Home by the Sea

Keep It Dark

It’s Gonna Get Better

Follow You Follow Me

Cage Medley

In the Cage

The Cinema Show

...In That Quiet Earth

The Colony of Slippermen

Afterglow

Drum Duet

Los Endos

Encore:

Misunderstanding

Turn It On Again